Port Charlotte, Islay

Port Charlotte
Scottish Gaelic: *Port Sgioba*
Port Charlotte Scottish Gaelic: Port Sgioba;
	Looking south towards Port Charlotte
	Port Charlotte Location within Argyll and Bute
Population	350 (1991)
OS grid reference	NR252581
Civil parish	Kilchoman;
Council area	Argyll and Bute;
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ISLE OF ISLAY
Postcode district	PA48
Dialling code	01496
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
Scottish Parliament	Argyll and Bute;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°44′20″N 6°22′41″W / 55.739°N 6.378°W

Port Charlotte (Scottish Gaelic: Port Sgioba) is a village on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was founded in 1828. In 1991 it had a population of 350.^[1]

Port Charlotte was named after Lord Frederick Campbell's wife, and it was set up mainly to provide housing facilities for the Lochindaal Distillery work force. Parts of the former distillery buildings are now in use as Youth Hostel and Wildlife Centre. Others are currently used by a garage nearby. The remaining warehouses are currently owned and used by Bruichladdich distillery to mature their Port Charlotte heavily peated spirit, named in tribute to the village and original distillery.

The village is located on the shores of Loch Indaal and is very picturesque with its white painted houses. It is home to the Museum of Islay Life which is located in a former Church building.

In October 1813, the American privateer The True Blooded Yankee^[2]^[3] captured six merchant ships lying at Port Charlotte, casting them adrift and setting fire to three.^[4]

References

^ "Details of Port Charlotte". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ "Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy". Edgar Stanton Maclay. Fireship Press. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers". Bud Hannings. McFarland. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Britannia: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

External links

Canmore - Islay, Port Charlotte site record

[1] "Details of Port Charlotte". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[2] "Washington's Wolfpack: The Navy Before There Was A Navy". Edgar Stanton Maclay. Fireship Press. Retrieved 1 August 2008.

[3] "The War of 1812: A Complete Chronology with Biographies of 63 General Officers". Bud Hannings. McFarland. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[4] "Britannia: Loch Indaal, Islay, Atlantic". Canmore. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

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